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Tang, Kevin, Katherine P. Adams, Elaine L. Ferguson, et al. Public Health Nutrition, January 2022

Using the household consumption and expenditure survey (HCES), researchers estimated household dietary nutrient supply to identify metrics reported and parameters used to construct these metrics. They summarized comparisons between estimates derived from the HCES and individual dietary assessment data and explored nutrient inadequacy in different demographic groups. Metrics included nutrient intake per adult-male equivalent, apparent nutrient intake per capita, and nutrient density. Nutrient intakes were generally overestimated.